The Citadel
is pleased to announce that Lt. Col. Conway Saylor of the psychology department
is the recipient of the STAR Award and the Lee Salk Distinguished Service
Award for her service to children with special needs in Charleston.

The STAR
Award is presented to educators who have displayed exemplary service in
working with children who have special needs. Saylor began Peer EXPRESS,
a social inclusion program which has helped to integrate special education
students with other students in events and programs. The program has grown
in the past two years to include three middle schools, a high school service
club, and collaborative sports and camp programs with three community
recreation programs. Saylor was presented the award in August by the Special
Education Parent Advisory Council of the Charleston County School District.

On the
national level, the Society of Pediatric Psychology will present the Lee
Salk Distinguished Service Award to Saylor in recognition of her contributions
in the field of pediatric and clinical child psychology. The award will
be presented formally at the American Psychological Association’s
Annual Convention in Hawaii in the summer of 2004 where she will give
an address.

Saylor
completed her undergraduate studies at Colorado College, earning her bachelor
of arts degree in psychology. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology
at Virginia Tech and joined The Citadel Psychology Department in 1993.

During
the recent 2003 American Psychological Association national meeting, Saylor
and fellow professors Lt. Col. Julie Lipovsky, Capt. Virginia DeRoma,
and Col. Al Finch were among 45 psychologists from across the country
who received board certifications in clinical child and adolescent psychology
from the American Board of Professional Psychology.